Tuesday, March 13, 2012

The
first witness of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the impeachment trial
painted yesterday a vivid picture of how members of the House of
Representatives were threatened with their pork barrel being withheld by
Malacanang if they questioned the railroading of the impeachment
complaint against Corona.

Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco took the
witness stand for the defense despite vigorous objections from the
prosecution panel on his testimony over what happened in last December’s focus which approved the impeachment complaint.

Under
direct examination by defense counsel Dennis Manalo, Tiangco said
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte told congressmen that the impeachment was
‘non-debatable’..... MORE